Our Volunteers 

Our Volunteers are caring men & women who

  -  Are specially selected and trained in understanding the needs and concerns of the dying and bereaved
  -  Listen and support without judging and advising
  -  Maintain confidentiality
  -  Provide companionship
  -  Provide assistance by effectively helping access community resources
  -  May have experienced a loss themselves and will have personal insight

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Becoming a Hospice Volunteer

  -  Training for hospice volunteers is offered once a year.
  -  Training sessions are twice a week for 8 weeks.
  -  A commitment of one year to the program is expected.

If you feel that you would enjoy the opportunity to provide assistance to other within our community our new volunteer training for 2011 is being offered from Tuesday, September 27 from 9:00 am until noon and runs until Thursday, October 3rd.  Pre-registration is required, so please contact the Hospice office for more information or to register.  Hospice will once again be using the Facilitator's Guide for Hospice Training which is a template for client-based volunteer training within BC and the Yukon and it reflects the cycle of care model, beginning with medical care and concluding with loss, grief and bereavement.  Volunteers are vital, so please call today. 

Contact the Hospice Office (250-286-1121) for more information.

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“Hospice is more than a place or group of people, it is a concept of caring.
Those of us who work in Hospice see it not as a job but a philosophy that has a
profound effect upon our lives as well as on the lives of those for whom we care”'
(Callanan, M. & Kelly, P. Final Gifts 1992)

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What We Are Here For

  We are here to listen, ...not to work miracles. 
  We are here to help people discover what they are feeling, ...not to make their feelings go away.
  We are here to help people identify their options, ...not to decide for them what they should do.
  We are here to discuss steps with people, ...not to take the steps for them.
  We are here to help people discover their own strengths, ...not to rescue them and leave them still vulnerable.
  We are here to help people discover they can help themselves, ...not to make it unnecessary for them to make
  difficult choices.
  We are here to provide support for difficult changes.

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